Job Details

Position Description:
• Route orders daily in compliance with the transportation route guide; ensuring timely execution to meet the requested ship date and secure carrier capacity ahead of the competition.
• Operate the Transportation Management System (TMS) to route orders, track carrierperformance and troubleshoot any loads that may be at risk of missing requested arrival date.
• Ensure all new orders comply with PepsiCo guidelines on weight and method of shipment.
• Review all TMS Daily Solution Reports for Load Tender Accuracy.
• Schedule appointments in WMS on all loads; working with the campus manager, shipping manager, and third party facility manager on dock capacity scheduling
• Review open order reports and collaborate with site performance resource to ensure all loads are scheduled in a timely manner to make request ship date.
• Conduct daily verification to ensure all loads are scheduled correctly and in all systems - TMS, SAP, and WMS.
• Work with drop carriers to maintain trailer pool.
• Actively participate in site's period transportation and service review meetings with Regional Transportation Manager (RTM).
• Collaborate with customer supply chain teams to troubleshoot and resolve customer service issues related to transportation and scheduling.
• Coordinate with all stakeholders to schedule and ensure all orders are shipped by period end.
• Maintain reason code input within SAP for all orders that deliver past RDD.
• Review previous day's dock schedule and past due report to reschedule loads that did not ship on-time.
• Advise shipping office of any special handling and shipping requirements
• Accountable for Sarbanes Oxley compliance on SAP ZMB5T (Display Stock in Transit) report. Research and provide resolution for aging stock in transit.
• Will be cross trained to support other distribution center functions and other distribution centers coordinator positions, within the local region.
• All other duties as assigned by Distribution Center Manager

Minimum Job Requirements:
• Bachelors Degree preferred but not required
• Two or more years of experience in transportation operations
• Demonstrate understanding of logistics supply chain systems
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point, and a Warehouse Management System, (TMS- Transportation Management System experience a plus)
• Must work and participate effectively in a team environment
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with carriers, customers (both external and internal) and distribution operations
• Timely and effective verbal and written communications.
• Highly self-motivated with excellent prioritization and organizational skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, internally and externally, to all levels of management.
• Overtime required as dictated by business needs